I’ve started recreating many of my numerical model tutorials for introductory physics. In the beginning, I had students use spreadsheets to create models. Of course, spreadsheets aren’t very good for ...

This project analyzes and simulates the motion of a projectile under the influence of gravity, with and without air resistance. The study combines analytical equations of motion with numerical ...

Maybe you have noticed how much material there was (for me at least) in last week's MythBusters. One of the myths they looked at was the bus jumping over a gap in the road from the movie Speed. I am ...

ABSTRACT: This study investigates projectile motion under quadratic air drag, focusing on mass-dependent dynamics using the Runge-Kutta (RK4) method implemented in FreeMat. Quadratic drag, predominant ...

The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Projectile Motion: The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Students learn to describe horizontal and vertical components of a projectile ...

In the previous section we have seen that a projectile will follow a very predictable curved path in air. However when the projectile is given a greater speed, it goes further. The reality of the ...

I wish Angry Birds had been around when I was teaching high school physics. Please don’t think of the game as a hate crime against hogs, or an avian anger management program—instead, think of it as a ...

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Abstract: Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2023 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of seven from the Conference ...

Abstract: The process of high-speed water entry of projectiles involves complex flow phenomena such as phase transitions, intense turbulence, multiphase flow, and penetration through the free surface, ...